Turkish Washington mall shooter had picture of ISIS leader

It’s starting to look like the Turkish shooter who gunned down five people at a mall in Washington State may be a terrorist:

FOX NEWS – The Turkish immigrant accused of gunning down five people at a Washington mall smirked at his first court appearance Monday even as reports revealed he had a blog with photo posts of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

Authorities said they have not ruled out terrorism as a motive in the shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington. Police arrested Cetin on Saturday evening after a nearly day-long manhunt. He was described as being “zombie-like” when he was taken into custody.

Cetin told detectives he was responsible for the mall murders, according to court documents released Monday.

A 20-year-old legal U.S. resident, Cetin appeared to have two blogs on Tumblr that linked to each other, and one of which linked to his Twitter account, according to The Associated Press. Aside from the posts featuring noted Islamists, Cetin’s blogs also featured posts about serial killer Ted Bundy and the Area 51 test site.

A picture of Baghdadi and Khamenei on his blog doesn’t look good, but we don’t really know the context yet. There will be a lot more to come out on this I’m sure and we’ll keep an eye on the story as it continues to develop.


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